weplacethemnowbeforeyou，andifyouleavethemtoperishtheguiltwillbeyours。”WhentheyhaddepartedtheMakololothoughtbetterofit，and，aftermuchdivination，wentoverwithfearandtrembling，andcarriedthepackagescarefullytoanislandinthemiddleofthestream；then，buildingahutoverthemtoprotectthemfromtheweather，theyleftthem；andthereIfoundtheyhadremainedfromSeptember，1854，tillSeptember，1855，inperfectsafetyHere，asIhadoftenexperiencedbefore，Ifoundthenewswasveryold，andhadlostmuchofitsinterestbykeeping，butthereweresomegoodeatablesfromMrsMoffat。
Amongotherthings，Idiscoveredthatmyfriend，SirRoderickMurchison，whileinhisstudyinLondon，hadarrivedatthesameconclusionrespectingtheformoftheAfricancontinentasIhadlatelycometoonthespotseenotep512[footnotetoChapter24Paragraph7]；
andthat，fromtheattentivestudyofthegeologicalmapofMrBainandothermaterials，someofwhichwerefurnishedbythediscoveriesofMrOswellandmyself，hehadnotonlyclearlyenunciatedthepeculiarconfigurationasanhypothesisinhisdiscoursebeforetheGeographicalSocietyin1852，buthadeventheassurancetosendmeoutacopyformyinformation！Therewasnotmuchuseinnursingmychagrinatbeingthusfairly“cutout“bythemanwhohadforetoldtheexistenceoftheAustraliangoldbeforeitsdiscovery，forhereitwasinblackandwhiteInhiseasy-chairhehadforestalledmebythreeyears，thoughIhadbeenworkinghardthroughjungle，marsh，andfever，and，sincethelightdawnedonmymindatDilolo，hadbeencherishingthepleasingdelusionthatIshouldbethefirsttosuggesttheideathattheinteriorofAfricawasawateryplateauoflesselevationthanflankinghillyranges。
HavingwaitedafewdaysatSesheketillthehorseswhichwehadleftatLinyantishouldarrive，weproceededtothattown，andfoundthewagon，andeverythingwehadleftinNovember，1853，perfectlysafe。
Agrandmeetingofallthepeoplewascalledtoreceiveourreport，andthearticleswhichhadbeensentbythegovernorandmerchantsofLoanda。